Food & Drink

One restaurant had five violations: Ada County food service inspections

Central District Health conducts annual inspections of food service establishments in Ada County. A Subway that was recently inspected had only one violation and quickly corrected it.
Central District Health conducts annual inspections of food service establishments in Ada County. A Subway that was recently inspected had only one violation and quickly corrected it. Szymon via Unsplash

Central District Health conducts annual inspections of food service establishments in Ada County. The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries. The inspections ensure that policies and practices of proper hygiene and food handling are being followed to prevent food borne illness. For details, go to cdh.idaho.gov/eh-food-inspections.php.

Beer’s Pizza and Sports Pub, 9140 W. Emerald Ave. Suite 103, Boise — 16*

Cafe Yumm, 2025 Special Events – Multiple, Eagle — 16*

Choice Cuts, 12570 W. Fairview Ave. Suite 101, Boise — 10*, 16*, 28*

Dairy Queen, 4849 N. Meridian Road, Meridian — 20*

Dutch Bros Coffee, 1181 N. Milwaukee St., Boise — 10*, 16*

Freddy’s Frozen Custard, 2864 E. State St., Eagle — 21*, 22*

Great Harvest Bread Company, 4363 W. Gray Fox St., Eagle — 16*

Great Wall Restaurant, 10398 W. Overland Road, Boise — 15*, 16*, 22, 28*

Hokey Pokey, 899 E. Chateau Drive, Meridian — 2*

Hood, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian — 15*

Hot To Tot, 412 S. 3rd St. Apt. 539, Boise — 10*

La Crepe Boise, 5344 S. Scandia Ave., Meridian — 16*

Lorena’s Cocina Grill, 9110 W. Fairview Ave., Boise — 2, 10*, 15, 16*, 23*

Machu Picchu Peruvian Cuisine, 2674 N. Vallin Ave., Meridian — 2*

Subway #16036, 7373 W. Franklin St., Boise — 16*

Sufiah Ukir and Taste of Indonesia, 2025 Special Events – Multiple, Meridian — 16*, 21*

VillaSport Fitness, 801 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise — 28*

Wildflour Bakery, 304 E. 42nd St., Garden City — 2

Yaya’s Cheese, 2025 Special Events – Multiple, Eagle — 10*, 16*

*Violation(s) corrected.

Key to Violations

  1. Insufficient food safety knowledge.
  2. Certified Food Protection Manager — accredited course.
  3. Illness/communicable disease reporting required.
  4. Improper restriction and exclusion of ill food service employees.
  5. Insufficient vomiting and diarrheal clean-up procedure.
  6. Eating, drinking, tasting, or tobacco use in food preparation area.
  7. Food worker with discharge from eyes, nose and/or throat.
  8. Incorrect hand washing practices.
  9. Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food.
  10. Inadequate hand washing facilities.
  11. Food not from an approved source.
  12. Food received in unsafe condition.
  13. Food not safe for consumption.
  14. Inadequate record keeping of seafood/shellfish and fish.
  15. Improper separation and protection of food.
  16. Improper cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces.
  17. Food returned and reserved.
  18. Incorrect cook temperature and cook time.
  19. Incorrect reheating of food — temperature/time.
  20. Incorrect food cooling process.
  21. Food not at proper hot holding temperature.
  22. Incorrect cold holding temperature of food.
  23. Incorrect use-by date marking of food.
  24. Insufficient record of time as a safe food control.
  25. Improper consumer advisory for under-cooked or raw food served.
  26. Pasteurized or thoroughly cooked food required.
  27. Incorrect use of food additives.
  28. Toxic items not properly stored/labeled.
  29. Special food processing plans not available/not followed.

Inspected with no major risk factor violations

American Ostrich Farms, 2025 Special Events 1 Day Single, Eagle

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 7845 W. Emerald St., Boise

Benny’s Chick N Spuds, 1701 E. Gloucester St., Boise

Big K BBQ, 2025 Special Events 2-3 Day Single, Kuna

Bistro Babe, 1321 S. Jackson St., Boise

Board and Bougie, 7609 W. Overland Road, Boise

Bodacious Pig Barbecue, 34 E. State St., Eagle

Bon’s LLC, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Boise

Bronco Fuel, 1400 Bronco Lane, Boise

Bruce Ranch Beef, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Eagle

BSU Football Fuel Station, 1185 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise

Central Academy, 6075 N. Locust Grove Road, Meridian

Cirque Italia Trailer 1, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Boise

Cirque Italia Trailer 2, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Boise

Cloudbreak Coffee and Kava, 2025 Special Events 1 Day Single, Garden City

Cottonwood Creek Behavioral Hospital, 2131 S. Bonito Way, Meridian

Crane Creek Country Club Expansion, 500 W. Curling Drive, Boise

Crumbl Cookies, 3116 E. State St. Suite 130, Eagle

Discovery Elementary, 2100 E. Leighfield Drive, Meridian

Druid’s Dream Acres, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Garden City

Eagle Academy, 100 S. Academy Ave., Eagle

Eagle High School, 574 Park Lane, Eagle

Eagle Luxe Reel Theatres, 170 E. Eagle Gate Drive, Eagle

Eagle Middle School, 1000 Floating Feather Road, Eagle

El Taco Loco, 9707 W. Fairview Ave., Boise

Fegol’s Stop N Shop, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Boise

Galileo Math and Science, 4735 N. Saguaro Road, Eagle

Gem Prep Meridian North, 5390 N. McDermott Road, Meridian

Good Times Bagels, 2025 Special Events Multiple, Boise

Heritage Middle School, 4990 N. Meridian Road, Meridian

This story was originally published May 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM.

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